€550 Grand Event
Day 1a Completed
€550 Grand Event
Day 1a Completed
At the wonderful Portomaso Casino the first of six starting flights of the Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event has come to close with just 31 players remaining out of a total of 118 entries.
Victor Fryda finished Day 1a with the chip lead, with Bart Kuiper and Jordan Dumas rounding out the top three chip stacks.
Other notable players who made it through to Day 2, which kicks off on Sunday, May 1, include Tomasz Brzezinski, Philip Huxley and Fabio Berti.
However, players such as Ahamed Mohamed, Maureen Bloechlinger and Jacqueline Cachia all fell at the first hurdle.
Germany's Bora Uludag was another player who advanced and was fortunate to turn a Royal Flush
Place | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Victor Fryda | France | 522,000 | 104 |
2 | Bart Kuiper | Netherlands | 512,000 | 102 |
3 | Jordan Dumas | France | 386,000 | 77 |
4 | Fabio Berti | Italy | 366,000 | 73 |
5 | Bartosz Mielczarek | Poland | 366,000 | 73 |
6 | Joseph Grech | United Kingdom | 353,000 | 71 |
7 | Terje Bremseth | Norway | 303,000 | 61 |
8 | Mikael Bratt | Sweden | 293,000 | 59 |
9 | Raymond Galea | Malta | 200,000 | 40 |
10 | Clement Pabion | France | 164,000 | 33 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back to cover Day 1b on Wednesday, April 27 at 2 p.m. local time.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Victor Fryda |
522,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
||
Bart Kuiper |
512,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Jordan Dumas |
386,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
Fabio Berti |
366,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Bartosz Mielczarek |
366,000
366,000
|
366,000 |
Joseph Grech |
353,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
Terje Bremseth |
303,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
Mikael Bratt |
293,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Bora Uludag |
222,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Raymond Galea
|
200,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Clement Pabion |
164,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
Tomasz Brzezinski |
160,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Jordan Whitehead
|
147,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Giuseppe Grupposo
|
134,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
Romain Nardin |
132,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
Cory Desmond
|
124,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Erik Lindqwist
|
124,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Ruben Rahumagi |
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Philip Huxley |
116,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
Arthur Emig
|
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Stefano Spinelli
|
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Antonio Licata
|
106,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
Piotr Lubczynski |
104,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Salvatore Ritrovato |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Craig Rose
|
93,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
The 31 surviving players have bagged and tagged their chip stacks, bringing Day 1a to a close. Full chip counts and recap of today's action will follow shortly.
The dealers have been instructed to deal the final three hands of the day.
Andrea Masendore opened to 9,000 from under the gun and was called by Giuseppe Grupposo from the cutoff.
Corel Theuma moved all-in for 49,000 from the small blind and then Victor Fryda jammed as the covering stack from the big blind. Masendore called off his remaining chips before Grupposo mucked.
Corel Theuma:
Andrea Masendore:
Victor Fryda:
Fryda hit his ace on the flop and secured the checkmark on the turn. The river completed the board.
Elsewhere, Bart Kuiper has taken ,the chip lead once again and has a very healthy stack of 520,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bart Kuiper |
520,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Victor Fryda |
385,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Corel Theuma | Busted | |
Andrea Masendore
|
Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ahamed Mohamed | Busted | |
Erwann Pecheux | Busted | |
Jeyamohan Shanmugasundaram
|
Busted | |
Lars Geertsen
|
Busted |
Erik Lindqwist jammed for 52,500 from under the gun and action folded to Jordan Whitehead in the big blind.
"Do I gamble?" he said out loud. After a moment, he put in his chips.
Erik Lindqwist:
Jordan Whitehead:
Lindqwist remained in front and scooped a needed double after the runout.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jordan Whitehead
|
130,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Erik Lindqwist
|
109,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Grech |
380,000
209,000
|
209,000 |
Fabio Berti | 310,000 | |
Dylan Cechowski |
235,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Jordan Dumas |
235,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Bora Uludag |
225,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Just 42/118 entries remain in Day 1a of the €550 Grand Event. The tournament has now reached its final level of the day and the surviving players will advance to Sunday's Day 2.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000